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Informationen zum Autor Carol Belkin Stevens is an Associate Professor at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, specialising in early modern Russia. She is the author of Soldiers on the Steppe (1996) and has been published in numerous journals including Russian History . Klappentext Russia's emergence as a Great Power in the 18th century is usually attributed to Peter I's programme of 'Westernising' reforms. But the Russian military did not simply copy European armies. Adapting the tactics of its neighbours on both sides, Russia created a strategy of its own, integrating steppe defence with European concerns. Zusammenfassung Russia's emergence as a Great Power in the 18th century is usually attributed to Peter I's programme of 'Westernising' reforms. But the Russian military did not simply copy European armies. Adapting the tactics of its neighbours on both sides, Russia created a strategy of its own, integrating steppe defence with European concerns. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I 1450-1598 The constituents for Muscovite power, c.1450 Creating a Muscovite army, 1462-1533 The army that won an empire PART II 1598-1697 The political prelude to military reform The Thirteen Years War, 1654-67 The steppe frontier after Razzin, 1672-97 PART III 1698-1730 Peter the Great and the beginning of the Great Northern War Military instiutionalization after Poltava Conclusion: Russiawithout Peter
